Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society

present

The 2009 Ralph and Helen Oesper Banquet & Poster Session

honoring

Susan Lindquist

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

on

Friday, October 30, 2009

at

The Great Hall, Tangeman University Center, University of Cincinnati

Program:

5:30 – 7:00pm: Local Cincinnati Poster Session/Social Hour

7:15 – 9:30pm: Oesper Banquet and Award Presentation

Featured after dinner speaker:

Elaine Fuchs

Head of the Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development

The Rockefeller University

Registration: The banquet price, which includes salad, dessert and one drink, is $20 (1/2 price for emeritus, students, K-12, unemployed and new members) is payable at the door.

Please register online at:

http://registration.acscincinnati.org/

Registration has closed.

THE DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS OCTOBER 21st. (Earlier than normal)

Dinner choices are:

1. Chicken Chausseur (chicken in a white wine sauce with mushrooms and tomatoes) and served with red skin mashed potatoes and sauteed green beans.

2. Filet in a red wine sauce and served with red skin mashed potatoes and sauteed green beans.

3. Vegetarian/Vegan Option: Peppers stuffed with a lentil ragu and served with sauteed green beans.

Map of UC Campus (.pdf)

About the speaker:

Elaine Fuchs is the Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor in Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at The Rockefeller University. She is also an Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Fuchs has published >250 papers and is internationally known for her research in skin biology and associated human genetic disorders, which include skin cancers and life-threatening genetic syndromes such as blistering skin disorders. Fuchs’ current research focuses on the molecular mechanisms that underlie how multipotent stem cells respond to external cues, change their program of gene expression, exit their niche and adopt specific fates to make the epidermis, sebaceous glands and hair follicles of the skin.

Fuchs received her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Princeton University, and after her postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she joined the faculty at the University of Chicago. She stayed there until 2002 when she relocated to The Rockefeller University. Fuchs’ awards and honors include the Presidential Young Investigator Award, the Richard Lounsbery Award from the National Academy of Sciences, the Novartis-Drew Award for Biomedical Research, the Dickson Prize in Medicine, the FASEB Award for Scientific Excellence and the Beering Award. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and she holds honorary doctorates from Mt. Sinai/New York University School of Medicine and from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Fuchs is also a past President of the American Society of Cell Biology and in summer 2009, she will be President-Elect of the International Society for Stem Cell Research.

Ted Logan and Bill Heineman have been selected to the 2009 Class of ACS Fellows. The awards will be presented 1:30-3:30 PM, Mon, Aug 17, Grand Ballroom Salon IV, JW Marriott Hotel, Washington DC National Meeting. Congratulations to Ted and Bill for this achievement. They were nominated by the Cincinnati Section ACS.

ChemLuminary

The Section has been nominated for a ChemLuminary Award for Outstanding Industrial Involvement. ChemLuminary Awards are given Tuesday Aug 18th at the Washington ACS meeting.

Science Olympiad:

Also, the Section will be presented an award for 25 year involvement in the US National Chemistry Olympiad. Sunday 8/16 2-4PM.

February 11, 2009

Miami Univeristy Marcum Conference Center (MCC)

Oxford, OH

Sponsored by Procter and Gamble

Program:

6:00 – 7:00pm: Registration and Social Hour (Room MCC-112). Open beer, wine, and soft drink bar

7:00 – 8:00pm: Buffet Dinner (Room MCC-180-6). Chicken & Andouille sausage gumbo, mixed greens with creole mustard red pepper vinagrette, fresh baked rolls, blackened chicken with remoulade sauce, carved beef tenderloin with sauce robert, red beans and rice, oven roasted potatoes, maque choux, seasonal vegetables, pecan pie and bananas foster cheesecake, coffee, tea, and decaf. Cost $25.00 ($15.00 for students, emeritus, unemployed, and new members).

8:00 – 9:00pm: Meeting and Lecture

Registration: Please register online HERE. Alternatively, you may email the webmaster at webmaster@acscincinnati.org to register, or call Roger Parker at 513-771-3613. Registration is now closed.

Directions to Marcum Conference Center at Miami University in Oxford, OH:

Take I-275 to US 27 exit (Colerain Ave.). Follow US 27 North to Oxford (approximately 20 miles). US 27 turns in to Patterson Ave. when you enter Oxford. Continue to stop sign at corner of Patterson Ave. & High Street. Go straight through intersection approximately one block. A white sign will point you to the Marcum Conference Center (to the right). Plenty of parking is available behind the conference center.

Detailed Directions

Miami University Parking Map

Poster Session Winners (.pdf)

Dr. Patrick A. Limbach received his B.S. in Chemistry and Chemical Physics from Centre College, his Ph.D from The Ohio State University studying under Prof. Alan G. Marshall and served as a postdoc with Prof. James A McCloskey at the University of Utah.  He accepted his first faculty position at Louisiana State University in 1995 and moved to the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati in 2001, where he is an Ohio Eminent Scholar and serves as the Department Head.  His research program concentrates on the development of new mass spectrometry-based approaches for the large-scale characterization of non-protein coding RNAs and the structural study of ribonucleoprotein complexes focused on the biological events associated with protein translation. Recently, his lab has developed a new approach to identify small RNAs from whole cell lysates, and his lab has now extended this approach to provide quantitative information on RNA expression levels including changes to post-transcriptional modifications.  Currently, his lab is investigating the effects of stress on RNA modification patterns, RNA expression levels, and the intervening ribonucleoprotein complexes involved in RNA modification.  To accomplish these goals, his lab is investigating the use of new ion dissociation approaches for sequencing modified RNAs and modified proteins as well as the advantages of accurate mass measurements to identify in vitro and in vivo cross-linked ribonucleoprotein complexes. He has received several honors and recognitions including, most recently, the Sigma Xi Research Award and selection as a Fellow of the Graduate School at UC.

Sally is currently employed by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency as a technician/project manager responsible for reviewing and editing scientific articles and agency documents. Prior to EPA Sally did histological research at Childrens Hospital and organic synthesis at P&G. And, as an RA at P&G she also did extensive work with animals ranging from diet design to detailed pathological studies.

Sally received her B.S. degree in Natural Sciences from U.C. in 1991, followed by an Associate Degree in Chemical Technology in 1979 and a Certificate in Editing in 2006. While at UC she received scholarship aid and was elected to Tau Alpha Pi and Alpha Sigma Kappa honor societies.

Apart from work Sally has been very active in community affairs. She serves annually as a science fair judge at Walnut Hills HS and has tutored chemistry students at UC (OCAS) and served as a UC Diversity Council Member. She also served as an Assistant Coordinator and Mentor in their Research Apprenticeship Program. As an animal lover Sally has helped to organize Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) projects to control feral cat colonies.

Application Instructions and Requirements:

1.The monies awarded are only to be used to attend the spring National Meeting of the American Chemical Society.

2. Only undergraduate students may be funded. In order to receive funding the undergraduate student must be the presenting author of a poster or oral presentation.

3. The dead-line for applications for the award is December 31, 2008.

4. The application must contain a copy of the abstract of the presentation; the signature of the student; the signature of the research mentor; and the signature of the chemistry department chair. A letter of recommendation from the research mentor must also accompany the application.

5. No department may submit more than four individual applications.

6. The Educational Grants committee will evaluate the applications and select the award recipients.

7. The students receiving awards will acknowledge the assistance of the Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society in their presentation.

Applications for the Award should be sent to:

Cincinnati Section American Chemical Society

Education Grants Committee

Xavier University

Department of Chemistry

3800 Victory Parkway

Cincinnati, Ohio 45207-4221

Download application instructions and requirements as PDF document.

Nomination materials should be sent to:
Jeff Seeley, Ph.D.
seeley.ja@pg.com
or
11511 Reed Hartman Hwy
Cincinnati, OH 45241

Nomination materials should be sent to:
Jeff Seeley, Ph.D.
seeley.ja@pg.com
or
11511 Reed Hartman Hwy
Cincinnati, OH 45241

The Chemist of Year, must hold a PhD who is a member of the section. Nomination requires two letters of recommendation and the nominee’s CV.

The Research Associate must be or have been a practitioner within the chemical discipline. Nomination requires a letter of recommendation; CV and additional documentation is optional.

Nomination materials should be sent to:
Jeff Seeley, Ph.D.
seeley.ja@pg.com
or
11511 Reed Hartman Hwy
Cincinnati, OH 45241